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Book SynopsisVulvovaginal Infections presents new knowledge to help clinicians accurately diagnose and treat their patients and highlights for researchers remaining unsolved problems and the most promising areas for continued investigation. Clinical gynecologists will find practical advice and extensive insight into solving real-life clinical scenarios.
The book opens by presenting information on the microbiology of the vagina and vaginal immunology. It then discusses the diagnosis of vulvovaginal disease, including physical examination, screening processes, and laboratory testing.
Diagnosis is followed by covering various vulvovaginal infections including bacterial vaginosis, Candida vulvovaginitis, Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis, genital herpes, human papillomavirus genital infections, allergic vulvovaginitis, menopausal vulvovaginitis, cytolytic vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis, and more.
For each of these conditions, t
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Praise for previous editions:
"The style of writing is informal and easy to read… The immunology sections are relevant and clearly explained."
—The British Journal of Hospital Medicine
"Provides extensive insight into the resolution of real-life clinical dilemmas… The chapter on Candida infection is possibly the best published review of this topic… A leap forward in the understanding and management of vulvovaginal disease."
—Clinical Infectious Diseases
Table of ContentsMicrobiology of the Vagina. Vaginal Immunology. Diagnosis of Vulvovaginal Disease. Candida Vulvovaginitis. Bacterial Vaginosis. Trichomonas vaginalis Vaginitis. Cytolytic Vaginosis, Aerobic Vaginitis, and Desquamative Inflammatory Vaginitis. Genital Herpes. Human Papillomavirus Genital Infections. Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases of the Vulva and the Vagina. Allergic Vulvovaginitis. Menopausal Vulvovaginitis. Vestibulodynia. Dermatologic Disorders Causing Vulvar Disease.
